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Federal Express officially began operations on April 17, 1973, with 389 team members. That night, 14 small aircraft took off from Memphis and delivered 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities from Rochester, New York to Miami, Florida. From there, the company has continued to grow over the years.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
CLAY COUNTY — County leaders are sticking to their guns when it comes to putting up roadblocks in the state audit of Clay County after an assistant county administrator refused to answer questions Thursday, Dec. 12, from auditors as required by a subpoena issued more than two weeks ago.
Amanda Lubinski
Managing Editor of News & Content
In an effort to make spirits brighter, police officers in Liberty, Kearney and Smithville and deputies with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office spend hours of their time each year fundraising for local Shop with a Cop programs. These programs provide thousands of dollars for Christmas gift shop…
LIBERTY — Personalized Enrichment and the Advancement of Knowledge students from Alexander Doniphan, Kellybrook and Shoal Creek elementary schools clutched $10,000 in grant funds for science, technology, engineering and math education for Liberty Public Schools.
Sean Roberts
Northwest Editor
Crossroads Community Church of Kearney
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LIBERTY — Rebuilding Together Kansas City leadership marked helping their 900th family this past spring.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
Most of us don't need a single thing. We certainly don't want more cute knickknacks to add to whatever clutter we already have on the shelves. Yet this is the time of year when others think they need to give us presents. Sometimes they'll ask in advance what we'd like to have, and we can breathe a sigh of relief when they do.
Between the efforts of Barbara Shaver, James Landon Shaver and Michelle Davis who were the sister, nephew and niece, respectively, of James Robert "Jim Bob" Long, the University of Missouri endowed a scholarship in the name of the late Kearney veterinarian.
Sean Roberts
Northwest Editor
Crossroads Community Church of Kearney
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Unless you lived in Atlanta in the late 1990s, the story of Richard Jewell, the security guard wrongly accused of bombing Centennial Park during the 1996 Olympics, may not sound interesting enough for a feature film. At least that’s how I approached my own viewing of it. However, buoyed by s…
Against the backdrop of mysterious child disappearances, Helen Hunt, along with her police detective husband and their teenage son, is enduring the aftermath of infidelity and trying to keep their family together, when strange things start to happen around their own home.
CLAY COUNTY — Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site will host Christmas on the Farm from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. The event offers visits with costumed interpreters as attendees stroll along lantern-lit paths to the Watkins’ family home.
Northland Community Choir, under direction of Paul Erickson, will perform its annual Rutter Carols by Candlelight concert at 7 p.m. at Parkville Presbyterian Church, located at 819 Main St., Parkville.
KEARNEY — The historic Mt. Gilead School received a bit of a transformation from the one-room schoolhouse to a makeshift stop for Santa and Mrs. Claus Nov. 23.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
The Missouri Department of Agriculture is offering 30 high school students representing
KANSAS CITY NORTH — Katie Cordray loves the outdoors. Looking at her Facebook page, there are pictures of her climbing rocks and enjoying the great outdoors.
Missouri State Parks offers gift cards so loved ones, friends and families can gift the love of the outdoors to others this holiday season. Cards can be used to pay for camping reservations and state park merchandise.
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LIBERTY — During the Liberty North Basketball Invitational Tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 10, another match-up was happening next door in the auxiliary gym. Here the Liberty North Eagles boys wrestling team dominated over the Rockhurst Hawklets 61-9.
The William Jewell men's and women's swimming teams hosted Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Lewis University on Sunday morning, Dec. 8, in the home opener.
MARYVILLE — The William Jewell College track and field teams opened the 2019-2020 season on Dec. 7 in Maryville as they took part in the Mel Tjeerdsma Classic.
LIBERTY — Liberty's varsity boys basketball team won against Fort Osage 85-61 Tuesday, Dec. 10.
William Jewell College interim head football coach Chuck Lliteras has announced his plans to retire, effective Dec. 31. A national search will begin immediately for the next head football coach.
When Jake Van Dyne was younger, as soon as the high school football season ended, he made sure to check the local papers to see who was up for the prestigious Simone Award, given out annually to the best high school football player in the Kansas City metro area.
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will soon usher in its Class of 2020 and bestow honors on such legends as former William Jewell College coach Larry Holley.
SMITHVILLE — Smithville came out blazing, hitting four 3-pointers in the first quarter alone as the Warriors girls won their fourth straight game, beating Platte County 55-23 on Tuesday night, Dec. 10, in Smithville.
Peak season for United Parcel Service runs from the day after Thanksgiving through Dec. 30, UPS Public Relations Specialist Kim Krebs said. This term describes the time of year when UPS will add seasonal driver-helper employees and have drivers working their longest hours to help ensure ever…
In an effort to make spirits brighter, police officers in Liberty, Kearney and Smithville and deputies with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office spend hours of their time each year fundraising for local Shop with a Cop programs. These programs provide thousands of dollars for Christmas gift shop…
Once again, cemeteries in Liberty and Smithville will be a destination for the National Wreaths Across America Day.
KEARNEY — The Kearney Optimist Club is accepting children’s letters to jolly St. Nick this holiday season. Mailboxes for children and/or their families to drop letters in are posted at Kearney City Hall, 100 E. Washington St.; Mid-Continent Public Library, 100 S. Platte-Clay Way; and Price C…
LIBERTY — Liberty City Councilman Jeff Watt was struck momentarily speechless when he received the 2019 Bill Kersten Outstanding Citizen of the Year award, presented by the Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce.
LIBERTY — The Liberty Hospital Foundation will serve as hosts for the Remembrance Tree Ceremony from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, inside the Medical Plaza East lobby, 2529 Glenn Hendren Drive.
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Editor's Note: Common Sense for Common People is a conservative, grass roots, political action group based in Kearney. They meet once a month in the lower level room of ReeceNichols off Jefferson Street in Kearney.
The economy is in robust good health, but our social fabric isn't.
This will be sacrilege to "Never Trumpers," but Michael Bloomberg and Donald Trump share some similarities. It is true that Bloomberg's charitable foundation actually does good work, while Donald Trump had to pay a $2 million fine for basically using his for self-promotion. And it is true that Bloomberg has financed gun control efforts, while Trump, as president, has grovelled before the National Rifle Association.
Editor's Note: This letter was submitted to the Courier-Tribune as a letter to the editor but directs its comments to Kearney Mayor Randy Pogue.
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